Family
Anna Mae Winburn was born to a musical family in Port Royal, Tennessee, and migrated to Indianapolis, Indiana, at a young age. Her mother's maiden name was Cornell. She, with two of her sisters, came west from Kokomo, Indiana.
Anna Mae Winburn and her then husband, James Rose, had a son:
- Ulyseese Rose (b. November 1931; d. December 4, 1931, Wilson, NC)
- Anna Mae had two sisters:
- Julia Mae Darden (b. December 20, 1920). Judy sang with groups around Minneapolis, and was once married to Frank Perkins, a competent pianist and son of "Red" Perkins. Sometime around 1961 Judy married a saxophonist and bandleader Percy Caesar Hughes of Minneapolis. Judy, then known as Julia Mae Hughes, died of lung cancer on January 1, 1975.
- Easter Darden; Easter married drummer and vibist William "Jeep" Stewart, and after divorcing him, later married James Overton.
Anna Mae's marriage and children
Anna Mae married Eustace "Duke" Pilgrim (b. 1921 as Eustace Michael Pilgrim; d. 1970) around 1948. Together, they had four children. They lived in Elmhurst, NY, among many Harlem transplants and jazz greats. Duke Pilgrim had a prior marriage to Alberta Adams.
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